Is He Listening?

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Is He Listening?
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 3, 2009
GenreAvant-garde, folk, world, country, jazz, rock
Length51:01
LabelTzadik
ProducerKoby Israelite
Koby Israelite chronology
Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4
(2006)
Is He Listening?
(2009)
King Papaya
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Is He Listening? is the fourth album by Koby Israelite, the last under the Tzadik label. It was recorded and mixed at Bamba Studios in London in 2008.

Track listing[edit]

  1. Joy - 5:48
  2. Papa Don´t Trill - 5:30
  3. Easy Listening - 5:34
  4. Out to Lounge - 5:31
  5. Shmekeria - 4:31
  6. Adon Haselichot - 3:42
  7. Almost There but Not Quite - 3:00
  8. Under the Apricot Tree - 4:48
  9. Self Hating Blues - 2:53
  10. Two Stone Down - 2:15
  11. Paulina In the Skype - 3:54
  12. Just Like Everybody Else - 6:15

Personnel[edit]

Accordion, Drums, Percussion, Cajón, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone Soprano, Bass, Vocals

  • Yaron Stavi
    Bass, Vocals
  • Tigran Aleksanyan
    Duduk, Clarinet (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10)
  • Michael Israelite
    Bass, Dumbek, Vocals (tracks 3, 6)
  • Marius Manole
    Accordion (tracks 5, 12)
  • Ofir Gal
    Guitar (tracks 1, 11)
  • Joe Taylor
    Oud (track 6)
  • Mor Karbasi
    Vocals (track 6)
  • John Telfer
    Baritone Saxophone (track 10)
  • Roy Shabat
    Trumpet (track 11)
  • Koby Israelite
    Composition, Production, recording, Mix
  • John Zorn
    Executive Producer
  • Scott Hull
    Mastering (2)

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